House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearings to examine the current lack of hospital emergency surge capacity. The hearings will focus on the widening mismatch between the growing demand for emergency care and available supply, impact of the Administration’s Medicaid regulations on hospital emergency surge capacity, and the ability of hospitals to respond to a mass casualty event, such as a terrorist attack using conventional explosives or natural disaster.

• Chairman Waxman’s Opening Statement
• Report: Hospital Emergency Surge Capacity
• Snapshot of Emergency Surge Capacity in Chicago
• Snapshot of Emergency Surge Capacity in Washington, DC
• Snapshot of Emergency Surge Capacity in Denver
• Snapshot of Emergency Surge Capacity in Houston
• Snapshot of Emergency Surge Capacity in Los Angeles
• Snapshot of Emergency Surge Capacity in Minneapolis
• Snapshot of Emergency Surge Capacity in New York City